Example sentences of "may be [adv] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Socially disadvantaged men are also prone to similar afflictions ; and in some cases , with a commendable absence of male chauvinism , both sexes of a depressed class or group may be equally at risk . |
| 2 | But an effective biological weapon — in the shape of a rather peculiar Chinese fish — may be near at hand . |
| 3 | But an effective treatment may be near at hand . |
| 4 | Ozone occurs more frequently at higher altitudes , so uplands may be particularly at risk . |
| 5 | This reimbursement may be either at cost or according to some laid-down scale or negotiated scale of charges . |
| 6 | This reimbursement may be either at cost or according to some laid-down scale or negotiated scale of charges . |
| 7 | The concerns of the landless rural labourer and the urban proletarian may be fundamentally at odds . |
| 8 | Contrary to suicide patterns in the general population , younger patients may be most at risk , but in keeping with suicide in the general population , men are more at risk than women . |
| 9 | Patients with Jervell-Lange-Nielsen syndrome may be more at risk than those with Romano-Ward syndrome . |
| 10 | In all probability , his budget will be substantially rewritten as it trails through the Congressional maze and the eventual outcome may be quite at odds with the president 's original intention . |
| 11 | If one considers that , whilst diners may be perfectly at ease lingering over the dessert and coffee stage of a meal , there is usually a sense of urgency surrounding the arrival at table of the main event , the entrée . |